A C S AUTOMATION & CONTROL SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06570530 · ltd · incorporated 2008-04-18
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 27900
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees2100

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-04-29
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  5. 2024-04-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-04-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-04-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2024-04-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2024-04-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2024-04-05
    ➕
    JONES, Jayne Elaine appointed
    director
  11. 2023-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-04-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2020-04-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2019-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-04-16
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  19. 2019-04-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  20. 2013-04-01
    ➕
    JONES, Richard Andrew appointed
    secretary
  21. 2013-04-01
    ➖
    HARDEN, Catherine Lisa resigned
    secretary
  22. 2008-04-18
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    Company incorporated
    As A C S AUTOMATION & CONTROL SERVICES LIMITED
  23. 2008-04-18
    ➕
    JONES, Richard Andrew appointed
    director
  24. 2008-04-18
    ➕
    HARDEN, Catherine Lisa appointed
    secretary
  25. 2008-04-18
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2008-04-18
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2008-04-18
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  28. 2008-04-18
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

84/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard Andrew Jones
Individual · British · DOB 02/1972 · age 54
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-04-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC27900 — SIC 27900

Registered office

1st Floor Gibraltar House Crown Square
First Avenue
Burton-On-Trent
Staffordshire
DE14 2WE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-29
Last: 2025-04-15

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

JONES, Richard Andrew→
secretary · appointed 2013-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JONES, Jayne Elaine→
director · ~60y · appointed 2024-04-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JONES, Richard Andrew→
director · ~54y · appointed 2008-04-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARDEN, Catherine Lisa→
secretary · appointed 2008-04-18 · resigned 2013-04-01
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-04-18 · resigned 2008-04-18
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-04-18 · resigned 2008-04-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-30
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-04-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-25